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Bakwit in the City (Click here)

|  September 19, 2013 - 2:37 pm

At least 40,000 individuals seek refuge inside the Zamboanga City sports center as the standoff enters Day Six on Saturday, September 14, 2013. The evacuees come from nine barangays affected by clashes between government security forces and Moro National Liberation Front members loyal to Nur Misuari, the group's founding chair, since Monday. No ceasefire has been declared. MindaNews contributed photo

As the standoff between government soldiers and the Moro National Liberation Front in Zamboanga City rages since Sept. 9, 2013, thousands of residents left their homes to seek safety elsewhere, crowding evacuation camps.